Here are some of the countries where prostitution is legal.
1. New ZealandProstitution has been legal for Kiwis since 2003. There are even licensed brothels operating under public health and employment laws, which means the workers get social benefits just like other emplyees. Definitely a progressive move.
2. Australia
The legal status of prostitution in Oz differs from state to state. It is decriminalised in some areas, and illegal in other parts. Same goes for for brothel ownership. The Aussies love their fun I suppose.
3. Austria
Prostitution is completely legal in Austria. Prostitutes are required to register, undergo periodic health examinations, be 19 years old or older, and pay taxes. Despite this, there is a lot of smuggling and forced prostitution here.
4. BangladeshMale prostitution is illegal, but everything else is legal. Bangladesh has a severe minor trafficking problem, which is perpetuated by corruption. Pimping and owning a brothel is also legal.
5. Belgium
They have been trying to remove the stigma, violence and fear associated with prostitution by not just legalising it but also running proper state of the art brothels with fingerprint technology and keycards!
6. Brazil
Prostitution in itself is legal here, though you'll totally get busted if you're channeling your inner Snoop Dogg and pimping away to glory.
7. Canada
Prostituting yourself is legal, but buying sex became illegal during the end of 2014. This deeply flawed system puts sex workers in a very dangerous and position.
8. Colombia
It is legal to work in the sex industry in Colombia, though pimping isn't. Prostitution is especially widespread in cities such as Cartagena and Barranquilla.
9. Denmark
Prostitution is legal here. The government even helps those with disabilities get laid by incurring the extra costs some of them have to pay.
10. EcuadorEverything related to sex work is legal here. You can sell your body, run a brothel or be a pimp with no legal ramifications. Forced prostitution is a bit of a problem here though.
11. France
Prostitution is legal in France, though soliciting in public is still outlawed. Pimping is illegal and brothels were outlawed in France in 1946, right after the War.
12. Germany
Prostitution was legalised here in 1927 and there are proper state run brothels. The workers are provided with health insurance, have to pay taxes and they even receive social benefits like pension.
13. Greece
Greece has also followed the German method of including prostitution as an actual job in society. The sex workers get equal rights and have to go for health checkups pretty often.
14. Indonesia
Considering prostitution itself is not even present in their law in any clear form, it's plain to say that the sex trade is legal. This also means that it is very dangerous for forced workers and minors.
15. Netherlands
One of the places most famous for it's red-window sex workers, prostitution is, obviously, legal here, just like a lot of other things. They've always had a slightly more open way of dealing with things deemed taboo elsewhere.
Where does India stand?
Prostitution itself is not illegal in our country, but soliciting and public prostitution are illegal. Owning a brothel is also against the law, but, as places like GB Road and Kamathipura prove, these laws are rarely enforced.
Source: scoopwhoop
Sound : bensound.com

Namgay Zam, the most well-known face on television in Bhutan, has left the country after an emotionally draining legal battle with an influential businessman, who had accused her of defamation due to her social media posting. She arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, days after the litigant chose to withdraw the case just as the verdict was ready to be announced. “Given a chance, I’d have loved to stay in Bhutan,” she says.
Zam, formerly a news anchor with Bhutan Broadcasting Service, had earlier alleged she was a victim of a “witch-hunt” started by Bhutan’s Chief Justice Tshering Wangchuk after she re-posted on social media an online petition written by a young doctor against the judge’s father-in-law, the petitioner in the defamation suit.
International media reported on and saw the case as a test of Bhutan’s press freedom, but most of Zam’s journalist colleagues remained mum on the issue, apparently out of fear due to the association of the country’s highest judge in the suit. The case was withdrawn in January. “There’s an extremely high level of self-censorship,” Zam says.
The journalist says she is excited about her new stint as the Deputy Editor with OnwardNepal, a media start-up, but also “a little sad.” Like her, many other young Bhutanese professionals are leaving the country, many of them moving to Australia and willing to take up even menial jobs. Bhutan appears to be experiencing a brain drain.
The Diplomat visited Zam in Kathmandu to speak to her about her decision to leave Bhutan.
Read more at:
http://thediplomat.com

Bhutan's early history is steeped in mythology and remains obscure. Some of the structures provide evidence that Bhutan existed as early as 2000 BC. According to a legend it was ruled or controlled by a Cooch-Behar king, Sangaldip, around the 7th century BC, but not much is known prior to the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism in the 9th century, when turmoil in Tibet forced many monks to flee to Bhutan. In the12th century, the Drukpa Kagyupa school was established and remains the dominant form of Buddhism in Bhutan today. The country's political history is intimately tied to its religious history and relations among the various monastic schools and monasteries. Bhutan is one of only a few countries which have been independent throughout their history, never conquered, occupied, or governed by an outside power ( notwithstanding occasional nominal tributary status ) . Although there has been speculation that it was under the Kamarupa Kingdom or the Tibetan Empire in the 7th to 9th centuries, firm evidence is lacking. From the time historical records are clear, Bhutan has continuously and successfully defended its sovereignty. The consolidation of Bhutan occurred in 1616 when Ngawanag Namgyal, a lama from western Tibet known as the Zhabdrung Rinpoche, defeated three Tibetan invasions, subjugated rival religious schools, codified the ''Tsa Yig'', an intricate and comprehensive system of law, and established himself as ruler over a system of ecclesiastical and civil administrators. After his death, infighting and civil war eroded the power of the Zhabdrung for the next 200 years. In 1885 Ugyen Wangchuck was able to consolidate power, and began cultivating closer ties with the British in India. In 1907, Ugyen Wangchuck was elected as the hereditary ruler of Bhutan, crowned on December 17, 1907, and installed as the head of state, the Druk Gyalpo ( Dragon King ) . In 1910, King Ugyen and the British signed the Treaty of Punakha which provided that British India would not interfere in the internal affairs of Bhutan if the country accepted external advice in its external relations. When Ugyen Wangchuck died in 1926, his son Jigme Wangchuck became ruler, and when India gained independence in 1947, the new Indian Government recognized Bhutan as an independent country. In 1949 India and Bhutan signed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which provided that India would not interfere in Bhutan's internal affairs, but would guide its foreign policy. Succeeded in 1952 by his son Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutan began to slowly emerge from its isolation and began a program of planned development. The National Assembly of Bhutan, the Royal Bhutanese Army, and the Royal Court of Justice were established, along with a new code of law. Bhutan became a member of the United Nations in 1971.
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Bhutan existed as a patchwork of minor warring fiefs until the early 17th century. At that time the lama and military leader Ngawang Namgyal, the first Zhabdrung Rinpoche, who was fleeing religious persecution in Tibet, unified the area and cultivated a distinct Bhutanese identity. In the early 20th century, Bhutan came into contact with the British Empire and retained strong bilateral relations with India upon its independence. In 2006, based on a global survey, Business Week rated Bhutan the happiest country in Asia and the eighth-happiest in the world.

Kundalini yoga

Kundalini Yoga (Sanskritkuṇḍalinī-yoga), also known as laya yoga, is a school of yoga that is influenced by Shaktism and Tantra. It derives its name through a focus on awakening kundalini energy through regular practice of meditation, pranayama, chanting mantra and yoga asana. Called by practitioners "the yoga of awareness", it aims "to cultivate the creative spiritual potential of a human to uphold values, speak truth, and focus on the compassion and consciousness needed to serve and heal others."

History

Name

What has become known as "Kundalini yoga" in the 20th century, after a technical term peculiar to this tradition, is actually a synthesis of many traditions which may include haṭha yoga techniques (such as bandha, pranayama, and asana), Patañjali's kriya yoga (consisting of self-discipline, self-study, and devotion to God), tantric visualization and meditation techniques of laya yoga (known as samsketas), and other techniques oriented towards the 'awakening of kundalini'. Laya may refer both to techniques of yoga, and (like Raja Yoga) its effect of "absorption" of the individual into the cosmic. Laya Yoga, from the Sanskrit term laya meaning "dissolution", "extinction", or "absorption", is almost always described in the context of other Yogas such as in the Yoga-Tattva-Upanishad, the Varaha Upanishad, the Goraksha Paddhati, the Amaraugha-Prabodha, and the Yoga-Shastra of Dattatreya. The exact distinctions between traditional yoga schools is often hazy due to a long history of syncretism, hence many of our oldest sources on Kundalini come through manuals of the tantric and haṭha traditions such as the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and the Shiva Samhita. The Shiva Samhita describes the qualified yogi as practicing 'the four yogas' to achieve kundalini awakening while lesser students may resort solely to one technique or another: "Mantra Yoga and Hatha Yoga. Laya Yoga is the third. The fourth is Raja Yoga. It is free from duality."

List Of Countries Where Prostitution Is Legal | Red Light Areas Around The World

List Of Countries Where Prostitution Is Legal | Red Light Areas Around The World

List Of Countries Where Prostitution Is Legal | Red Light Areas Around The World

Here are some of the countries where prostitution is legal.
1. New ZealandProstitution has been legal for Kiwis since 2003. There are even licensed brothels operating under public health and employment laws, which means the workers get social benefits just like other emplyees. Definitely a progressive move.
2. Australia
The legal status of prostitution in Oz differs from state to state. It is decriminalised in some areas, and illegal in other parts. Same goes for for brothel ownership. The Aussies love their fun I suppose.
3. Austria
Prostitution is completely legal in Austria. Prostitutes are required to register, undergo periodic health examinations, be 19 years old or older, and pay taxes. Despite this, there is a lot of smuggling and forced prostitution here.
4. BangladeshMale prostitution is illegal, but everything else is legal. Bangladesh has a severe minor trafficking problem, which is perpetuated by corruption. Pimping and owning a brothel is also legal.
5. Belgium
They have been trying to remove the stigma, violence and fear associated with prostitution by not just legalising it but also running proper state of the art brothels with fingerprint technology and keycards!
6. Brazil
Prostitution in itself is legal here, though you'll totally get busted if you're channeling your inner Snoop Dogg and pimping away to glory.
7. Canada
Prostituting yourself is legal, but buying sex became illegal during the end of 2014. This deeply flawed system puts sex workers in a very dangerous and position.
8. Colombia
It is legal to work in the sex industry in Colombia, though pimping isn't. Prostitution is especially widespread in cities such as Cartagena and Barranquilla.
9. Denmark
Prostitution is legal here. The government even helps those with disabilities get laid by incurring the extra costs some of them have to pay.
10. EcuadorEverything related to sex work is legal here. You can sell your body, run a brothel or be a pimp with no legal ramifications. Forced prostitution is a bit of a problem here though.
11. France
Prostitution is legal in France, though soliciting in public is still outlawed. Pimping is illegal and brothels were outlawed in France in 1946, right after the War.
12. Germany
Prostitution was legalised here in 1927 and there are proper state run brothels. The workers are provided with health insurance, have to pay taxes and they even receive social benefits like pension.
13. Greece
Greece has also followed the German method of including prostitution as an actual job in society. The sex workers get equal rights and have to go for health checkups pretty often.
14. Indonesia
Considering prostitution itself is not even present in their law in any clear form, it's plain to say that the sex trade is legal. This also means that it is very dangerous for forced workers and minors.
15. Netherlands
One of the places most famous for it's red-window sex workers, prostitution is, obviously, legal here, just like a lot of other things. They've always had a slightly more open way of dealing with things deemed taboo elsewhere.
Where does India stand?
Prostitution itself is not illegal in our country, but soliciting and public prostitution are illegal. Owning a brothel is also against the law, but, as places like GB Road and Kamathipura prove, these laws are rarely enforced.
Source: scoopwhoop
Sound : bensound.com

Journalist Namgay Zam Leaving Country Signals Bhutan’s Brain Drain

Namgay Zam, the most well-known face on television in Bhutan, has left the country after an emotionally draining legal battle with an influential businessman, who had accused her of defamation due to her social media posting. She arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, days after the litigant chose to withdraw the case just as the verdict was ready to be announced. “Given a chance, I’d have loved to stay in Bhutan,” she says.
Zam, formerly a news anchor with Bhutan Broadcasting Service, had earlier alleged she was a victim of a “witch-hunt” started by Bhutan’s Chief Justice Tshering Wangchuk after she re-posted on social media an online petition written by a young doctor against the judge’s father-in-law, the petitioner in the defamation suit.
International media reported on and saw the case as a test of Bhutan’s press freedom, but most of Zam’s journalist colleagues remained mum on the issue, apparently out of fear due to the association of the country’s highest judge in the suit. The case was withdrawn in January. “There’s an extremely high level of self-censorship,” Zam says.
The journalist says she is excited about her new stint as the Deputy Editor with OnwardNepal, a media start-up, but also “a little sad.” Like her, many other young Bhutanese professionals are leaving the country, many of them moving to Australia and willing to take up even menial jobs. Bhutan appears to be experiencing a brain drain.
The Diplomat visited Zam in Kathmandu to speak to her about her decision to leave Bhutan.
Read more at:
http://thediplomat.com

History Of Bhutan

Bhutan's early history is steeped in mythology and remains obscure. Some of the structures provide evidence that Bhutan existed as early as 2000 BC. According to a legend it was ruled or controlled by a Cooch-Behar king, Sangaldip, around the 7th century BC, but not much is known prior to the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism in the 9th century, when turmoil in Tibet forced many monks to flee to Bhutan. In the12th century, the Drukpa Kagyupa school was established and remains the dominant form of Buddhism in Bhutan today. The country's political history is intimately tied to its religious history and relations among the various monastic schools and monasteries. Bhutan is one of only a few countries which have been independent throughout their history, never conquered, occupied, or governed by an outside power ( notwithstanding occasional nominal tributary status ) . Although there has been speculation that it was under the Kamarupa Kingdom or the Tibetan Empire in the 7th to 9th centuries, firm evidence is lacking. From the time historical records are clear, Bhutan has continuously and successfully defended its sovereignty. The consolidation of Bhutan occurred in 1616 when Ngawanag Namgyal, a lama from western Tibet known as the Zhabdrung Rinpoche, defeated three Tibetan invasions, subjugated rival religious schools, codified the ''Tsa Yig'', an intricate and comprehensive system of law, and established himself as ruler over a system of ecclesiastical and civil administrators. After his death, infighting and civil war eroded the power of the Zhabdrung for the next 200 years. In 1885 Ugyen Wangchuck was able to consolidate power, and began cultivating closer ties with the British in India. In 1907, Ugyen Wangchuck was elected as the hereditary ruler of Bhutan, crowned on December 17, 1907, and installed as the head of state, the Druk Gyalpo ( Dragon King ) . In 1910, King Ugyen and the British signed the Treaty of Punakha which provided that British India would not interfere in the internal affairs of Bhutan if the country accepted external advice in its external relations. When Ugyen Wangchuck died in 1926, his son Jigme Wangchuck became ruler, and when India gained independence in 1947, the new Indian Government recognized Bhutan as an independent country. In 1949 India and Bhutan signed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which provided that India would not interfere in Bhutan's internal affairs, but would guide its foreign policy. Succeeded in 1952 by his son Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutan began to slowly emerge from its isolation and began a program of planned development. The National Assembly of Bhutan, the Royal Bhutanese Army, and the Royal Court of Justice were established, along with a new code of law. Bhutan became a member of the United Nations in 1971.
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A full list of the authors of the original content can be found in the following subdomain of wikipedia, here:
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BHUTAN: REFUGEES WAIT FOR THEIR FATE TO BE DECIDED

BHUTAN: REFUGEES WAIT FOR THEIR FATE TO BE DECIDED

BHUTAN: REFUGEES WAIT FOR THEIR FATE TO BE DECIDED

Nepalese/Nat
In the shadow of Mount Everest in south-eastern Nepal around 100-thousand refugees from nearby Bhutan are still waiting for their fate to be decided five years after they were forced from their homes.
Critics of Bhutan claim the refugees are victims of cultural cleansing but the Bhutanese government asserts many of the refugees are not genuine Bhutanese citizens.
Despite their five years in limbo, the Bhutanese government shows no sign it will relent and take the refugees back.
Almost 90-thousand of them ended up here, in eight refugee camps in Nepal.
Virtually all are Nepali-speakers whose families had migrated to southern Bhutan over the last 150 years.
They are now strangers in their own land. They all say their home is where most of them were born -- in Bhutan.
Bhutan -- the so-called land of the Thunder Dragon -- has a population of only 600- thousand and the influx of so many Nepalis prompted fears of cultural dominance over the ethnic Bhutanese.
When a small democracy movement broke out among ethnic Nepalese in southern Bhutan in 1990 -- inspired largely by a popular victory over the monarchy in Nepal in the same year -- tens of thousands of Nepali-speakers were sent packing.
The Bhutanese government says they left willingly. But the refugees tell a different story.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
My grandfather was forcefully taken by Bhutanese police to the jail and then he was tortured for two days, randomly beating, and then he was forced to say that I'm going to leave Bhutan.
SUPERCAPTION: Dali Ram Kherel, Bhutanese Refugee
The U-N, which helps administers the camps, says that despite this treatment the overwhelming majority of refugees want to return.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Certainly what they want is to go back home. The likelihood for them to get back home at this stage is not there. And therefore it looks like they're going to be here at least for the next one or two years, if not beyond. Certainly, everyone would hope that they would get the chance to return home one of these days.
SUPER CAPTION: Arun Sala-Ngarm, Head of Sub-office, Jhapa state, UNHCR (United NationsHigh Commissioner for Refugees)
The question in dispute is simple: who from these tens of thousands are genuine citizens of Bhutan?
While Bhutan has tried to lower the number by changing its laws on citizenship, many here show documentation to prove their claim.
45-year-old Dalbahadur Karki's case would seem to be clear cut.
He carries a neat passport-like document bearing the seal of Bhutan's King Wangchuk dated 1982.
But the document didn't save him or his family from being forced out ten years after it was issued.
SOUNDBITE: (Nepali)
The government (in Bhutan) did not concede to our demands for democracy. By using their armed forces they have forced us outside the borders of Bhutan to a foreign land. I had to hide this identity card otherwise they would have taken it.
SUPER CAPTION: Dalbahadur Karki, Bhutanese refugee
The camps are well-run and the accommodation good by local standards.
But Nepalese law and camp rules strictly limit the activities of the refugees. Work outside the camps is prohibited.
Local Nepalese -- themselves mostly poor subsistence farmers -- have grown jealous of the free food, clothing and services provided to the refugees by the government and international agencies.
And they claim many refugees break the rules and compete in the local labour pool, driving low wages even lower.
Talks between Bhutan and the Nepalese government have so far come to nothing -- currently the two sides can't even agree over the date to be set for the next round of talks.
The Bhutan government declined to comment on the plight of the refugees.
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published: 07 Oct 2014

List Of Countries Where Prostitution Is Legal | Red Light Areas Around The World

Here are some of the countries where prostitution is legal.
1. New ZealandProstitution has been legal for Kiwis since 2003. There are even licensed brothels operating under public health and employment laws, which means the workers get social benefits just like other emplyees. Definitely a progressive move.
2. Australia
The legal status of prostitution in Oz differs from state to state. It is decriminalised in some areas, and illegal in other parts. Same goes for for brothel ownership. The Aussies love their fun I suppose.
3. Austria
Prostitution is completely legal in Austria. Prostitutes are required to register, undergo periodic health examinations, be 19 years old or older, and pay taxes. Despite this, there is a lot of smuggling and forced prostitution here.
4. BangladeshMale...

Journalist Namgay Zam Leaving Country Signals Bhutan’s Brain Drain

Namgay Zam, the most well-known face on television in Bhutan, has left the country after an emotionally draining legal battle with an influential businessman, who had accused her of defamation due to her social media posting. She arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, days after the litigant chose to withdraw the case just as the verdict was ready to be announced. “Given a chance, I’d have loved to stay in Bhutan,” she says.
Zam, formerly a news anchor with Bhutan Broadcasting Service, had earlier alleged she was a victim of a “witch-hunt” started by Bhutan’s Chief Justice Tshering Wangchuk after she re-posted on social media an online petition written by a young doctor against the judge’s father-in-law, the petitioner in the defamation suit.
International media reported on and saw the case as a t...

History Of Bhutan

Bhutan's early history is steeped in mythology and remains obscure. Some of the structures provide evidence that Bhutan existed as early as 2000 BC. According to a legend it was ruled or controlled by a Cooch-Behar king, Sangaldip, around the 7th century BC, but not much is known prior to the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism in the 9th century, when turmoil in Tibet forced many monks to flee to Bhutan. In the12th century, the Drukpa Kagyupa school was established and remains the dominant form of Buddhism in Bhutan today. The country's political history is intimately tied to its religious history and relations among the various monastic schools and monasteries. Bhutan is one of only a few countries which have been independent throughout their history, never conquered, occupied, or governed...

published: 11 Dec 2017

BHUTAN: REFUGEES WAIT FOR THEIR FATE TO BE DECIDED

Nepalese/Nat
In the shadow of Mount Everest in south-eastern Nepal around 100-thousand refugees from nearby Bhutan are still waiting for their fate to be decided five years after they were forced from their homes.
Critics of Bhutan claim the refugees are victims of cultural cleansing but the Bhutanese government asserts many of the refugees are not genuine Bhutanese citizens.
Despite their five years in limbo, the Bhutanese government shows no sign it will relent and take the refugees back.
Almost 90-thousand of them ended up here, in eight refugee camps in Nepal.
Virtually all are Nepali-speakers whose families had migrated to southern Bhutan over the last 150 years.
They are now strangers in their own land. They all say their home is where most of them were born -- in Bhutan....

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List Of Countries Where Prostitution Is Legal | Red Light Areas Around The World

Here are some of the countries where prostitution is legal.
1. New ZealandProstitution has been legal for Kiwis since 2003. There are even licensed brothels ...

Here are some of the countries where prostitution is legal.
1. New ZealandProstitution has been legal for Kiwis since 2003. There are even licensed brothels operating under public health and employment laws, which means the workers get social benefits just like other emplyees. Definitely a progressive move.
2. Australia
The legal status of prostitution in Oz differs from state to state. It is decriminalised in some areas, and illegal in other parts. Same goes for for brothel ownership. The Aussies love their fun I suppose.
3. Austria
Prostitution is completely legal in Austria. Prostitutes are required to register, undergo periodic health examinations, be 19 years old or older, and pay taxes. Despite this, there is a lot of smuggling and forced prostitution here.
4. BangladeshMale prostitution is illegal, but everything else is legal. Bangladesh has a severe minor trafficking problem, which is perpetuated by corruption. Pimping and owning a brothel is also legal.
5. Belgium
They have been trying to remove the stigma, violence and fear associated with prostitution by not just legalising it but also running proper state of the art brothels with fingerprint technology and keycards!
6. Brazil
Prostitution in itself is legal here, though you'll totally get busted if you're channeling your inner Snoop Dogg and pimping away to glory.
7. Canada
Prostituting yourself is legal, but buying sex became illegal during the end of 2014. This deeply flawed system puts sex workers in a very dangerous and position.
8. Colombia
It is legal to work in the sex industry in Colombia, though pimping isn't. Prostitution is especially widespread in cities such as Cartagena and Barranquilla.
9. Denmark
Prostitution is legal here. The government even helps those with disabilities get laid by incurring the extra costs some of them have to pay.
10. EcuadorEverything related to sex work is legal here. You can sell your body, run a brothel or be a pimp with no legal ramifications. Forced prostitution is a bit of a problem here though.
11. France
Prostitution is legal in France, though soliciting in public is still outlawed. Pimping is illegal and brothels were outlawed in France in 1946, right after the War.
12. Germany
Prostitution was legalised here in 1927 and there are proper state run brothels. The workers are provided with health insurance, have to pay taxes and they even receive social benefits like pension.
13. Greece
Greece has also followed the German method of including prostitution as an actual job in society. The sex workers get equal rights and have to go for health checkups pretty often.
14. Indonesia
Considering prostitution itself is not even present in their law in any clear form, it's plain to say that the sex trade is legal. This also means that it is very dangerous for forced workers and minors.
15. Netherlands
One of the places most famous for it's red-window sex workers, prostitution is, obviously, legal here, just like a lot of other things. They've always had a slightly more open way of dealing with things deemed taboo elsewhere.
Where does India stand?
Prostitution itself is not illegal in our country, but soliciting and public prostitution are illegal. Owning a brothel is also against the law, but, as places like GB Road and Kamathipura prove, these laws are rarely enforced.
Source: scoopwhoop
Sound : bensound.com

Here are some of the countries where prostitution is legal.
1. New ZealandProstitution has been legal for Kiwis since 2003. There are even licensed brothels operating under public health and employment laws, which means the workers get social benefits just like other emplyees. Definitely a progressive move.
2. Australia
The legal status of prostitution in Oz differs from state to state. It is decriminalised in some areas, and illegal in other parts. Same goes for for brothel ownership. The Aussies love their fun I suppose.
3. Austria
Prostitution is completely legal in Austria. Prostitutes are required to register, undergo periodic health examinations, be 19 years old or older, and pay taxes. Despite this, there is a lot of smuggling and forced prostitution here.
4. BangladeshMale prostitution is illegal, but everything else is legal. Bangladesh has a severe minor trafficking problem, which is perpetuated by corruption. Pimping and owning a brothel is also legal.
5. Belgium
They have been trying to remove the stigma, violence and fear associated with prostitution by not just legalising it but also running proper state of the art brothels with fingerprint technology and keycards!
6. Brazil
Prostitution in itself is legal here, though you'll totally get busted if you're channeling your inner Snoop Dogg and pimping away to glory.
7. Canada
Prostituting yourself is legal, but buying sex became illegal during the end of 2014. This deeply flawed system puts sex workers in a very dangerous and position.
8. Colombia
It is legal to work in the sex industry in Colombia, though pimping isn't. Prostitution is especially widespread in cities such as Cartagena and Barranquilla.
9. Denmark
Prostitution is legal here. The government even helps those with disabilities get laid by incurring the extra costs some of them have to pay.
10. EcuadorEverything related to sex work is legal here. You can sell your body, run a brothel or be a pimp with no legal ramifications. Forced prostitution is a bit of a problem here though.
11. France
Prostitution is legal in France, though soliciting in public is still outlawed. Pimping is illegal and brothels were outlawed in France in 1946, right after the War.
12. Germany
Prostitution was legalised here in 1927 and there are proper state run brothels. The workers are provided with health insurance, have to pay taxes and they even receive social benefits like pension.
13. Greece
Greece has also followed the German method of including prostitution as an actual job in society. The sex workers get equal rights and have to go for health checkups pretty often.
14. Indonesia
Considering prostitution itself is not even present in their law in any clear form, it's plain to say that the sex trade is legal. This also means that it is very dangerous for forced workers and minors.
15. Netherlands
One of the places most famous for it's red-window sex workers, prostitution is, obviously, legal here, just like a lot of other things. They've always had a slightly more open way of dealing with things deemed taboo elsewhere.
Where does India stand?
Prostitution itself is not illegal in our country, but soliciting and public prostitution are illegal. Owning a brothel is also against the law, but, as places like GB Road and Kamathipura prove, these laws are rarely enforced.
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Journalist Namgay Zam Leaving Country Signals Bhutan’s Brain Drain

Namgay Zam, the most well-known face on television in Bhutan, has left the country after an emotionally draining legal battle with an influential businessman, w...

Namgay Zam, the most well-known face on television in Bhutan, has left the country after an emotionally draining legal battle with an influential businessman, who had accused her of defamation due to her social media posting. She arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, days after the litigant chose to withdraw the case just as the verdict was ready to be announced. “Given a chance, I’d have loved to stay in Bhutan,” she says.
Zam, formerly a news anchor with Bhutan Broadcasting Service, had earlier alleged she was a victim of a “witch-hunt” started by Bhutan’s Chief Justice Tshering Wangchuk after she re-posted on social media an online petition written by a young doctor against the judge’s father-in-law, the petitioner in the defamation suit.
International media reported on and saw the case as a test of Bhutan’s press freedom, but most of Zam’s journalist colleagues remained mum on the issue, apparently out of fear due to the association of the country’s highest judge in the suit. The case was withdrawn in January. “There’s an extremely high level of self-censorship,” Zam says.
The journalist says she is excited about her new stint as the Deputy Editor with OnwardNepal, a media start-up, but also “a little sad.” Like her, many other young Bhutanese professionals are leaving the country, many of them moving to Australia and willing to take up even menial jobs. Bhutan appears to be experiencing a brain drain.
The Diplomat visited Zam in Kathmandu to speak to her about her decision to leave Bhutan.
Read more at:
http://thediplomat.com

Namgay Zam, the most well-known face on television in Bhutan, has left the country after an emotionally draining legal battle with an influential businessman, who had accused her of defamation due to her social media posting. She arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, days after the litigant chose to withdraw the case just as the verdict was ready to be announced. “Given a chance, I’d have loved to stay in Bhutan,” she says.
Zam, formerly a news anchor with Bhutan Broadcasting Service, had earlier alleged she was a victim of a “witch-hunt” started by Bhutan’s Chief Justice Tshering Wangchuk after she re-posted on social media an online petition written by a young doctor against the judge’s father-in-law, the petitioner in the defamation suit.
International media reported on and saw the case as a test of Bhutan’s press freedom, but most of Zam’s journalist colleagues remained mum on the issue, apparently out of fear due to the association of the country’s highest judge in the suit. The case was withdrawn in January. “There’s an extremely high level of self-censorship,” Zam says.
The journalist says she is excited about her new stint as the Deputy Editor with OnwardNepal, a media start-up, but also “a little sad.” Like her, many other young Bhutanese professionals are leaving the country, many of them moving to Australia and willing to take up even menial jobs. Bhutan appears to be experiencing a brain drain.
The Diplomat visited Zam in Kathmandu to speak to her about her decision to leave Bhutan.
Read more at:
http://thediplomat.com

History Of Bhutan

Bhutan's early history is steeped in mythology and remains obscure. Some of the structures provide evidence that Bhutan existed as early as 2000 BC. According t...

Bhutan's early history is steeped in mythology and remains obscure. Some of the structures provide evidence that Bhutan existed as early as 2000 BC. According to a legend it was ruled or controlled by a Cooch-Behar king, Sangaldip, around the 7th century BC, but not much is known prior to the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism in the 9th century, when turmoil in Tibet forced many monks to flee to Bhutan. In the12th century, the Drukpa Kagyupa school was established and remains the dominant form of Buddhism in Bhutan today. The country's political history is intimately tied to its religious history and relations among the various monastic schools and monasteries. Bhutan is one of only a few countries which have been independent throughout their history, never conquered, occupied, or governed by an outside power ( notwithstanding occasional nominal tributary status ) . Although there has been speculation that it was under the Kamarupa Kingdom or the Tibetan Empire in the 7th to 9th centuries, firm evidence is lacking. From the time historical records are clear, Bhutan has continuously and successfully defended its sovereignty. The consolidation of Bhutan occurred in 1616 when Ngawanag Namgyal, a lama from western Tibet known as the Zhabdrung Rinpoche, defeated three Tibetan invasions, subjugated rival religious schools, codified the ''Tsa Yig'', an intricate and comprehensive system of law, and established himself as ruler over a system of ecclesiastical and civil administrators. After his death, infighting and civil war eroded the power of the Zhabdrung for the next 200 years. In 1885 Ugyen Wangchuck was able to consolidate power, and began cultivating closer ties with the British in India. In 1907, Ugyen Wangchuck was elected as the hereditary ruler of Bhutan, crowned on December 17, 1907, and installed as the head of state, the Druk Gyalpo ( Dragon King ) . In 1910, King Ugyen and the British signed the Treaty of Punakha which provided that British India would not interfere in the internal affairs of Bhutan if the country accepted external advice in its external relations. When Ugyen Wangchuck died in 1926, his son Jigme Wangchuck became ruler, and when India gained independence in 1947, the new Indian Government recognized Bhutan as an independent country. In 1949 India and Bhutan signed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which provided that India would not interfere in Bhutan's internal affairs, but would guide its foreign policy. Succeeded in 1952 by his son Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutan began to slowly emerge from its isolation and began a program of planned development. The National Assembly of Bhutan, the Royal Bhutanese Army, and the Royal Court of Justice were established, along with a new code of law. Bhutan became a member of the United Nations in 1971.
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Bhutan's early history is steeped in mythology and remains obscure. Some of the structures provide evidence that Bhutan existed as early as 2000 BC. According to a legend it was ruled or controlled by a Cooch-Behar king, Sangaldip, around the 7th century BC, but not much is known prior to the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism in the 9th century, when turmoil in Tibet forced many monks to flee to Bhutan. In the12th century, the Drukpa Kagyupa school was established and remains the dominant form of Buddhism in Bhutan today. The country's political history is intimately tied to its religious history and relations among the various monastic schools and monasteries. Bhutan is one of only a few countries which have been independent throughout their history, never conquered, occupied, or governed by an outside power ( notwithstanding occasional nominal tributary status ) . Although there has been speculation that it was under the Kamarupa Kingdom or the Tibetan Empire in the 7th to 9th centuries, firm evidence is lacking. From the time historical records are clear, Bhutan has continuously and successfully defended its sovereignty. The consolidation of Bhutan occurred in 1616 when Ngawanag Namgyal, a lama from western Tibet known as the Zhabdrung Rinpoche, defeated three Tibetan invasions, subjugated rival religious schools, codified the ''Tsa Yig'', an intricate and comprehensive system of law, and established himself as ruler over a system of ecclesiastical and civil administrators. After his death, infighting and civil war eroded the power of the Zhabdrung for the next 200 years. In 1885 Ugyen Wangchuck was able to consolidate power, and began cultivating closer ties with the British in India. In 1907, Ugyen Wangchuck was elected as the hereditary ruler of Bhutan, crowned on December 17, 1907, and installed as the head of state, the Druk Gyalpo ( Dragon King ) . In 1910, King Ugyen and the British signed the Treaty of Punakha which provided that British India would not interfere in the internal affairs of Bhutan if the country accepted external advice in its external relations. When Ugyen Wangchuck died in 1926, his son Jigme Wangchuck became ruler, and when India gained independence in 1947, the new Indian Government recognized Bhutan as an independent country. In 1949 India and Bhutan signed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which provided that India would not interfere in Bhutan's internal affairs, but would guide its foreign policy. Succeeded in 1952 by his son Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutan began to slowly emerge from its isolation and began a program of planned development. The National Assembly of Bhutan, the Royal Bhutanese Army, and the Royal Court of Justice were established, along with a new code of law. Bhutan became a member of the United Nations in 1971.
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BHUTAN: REFUGEES WAIT FOR THEIR FATE TO BE DECIDED

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In the shadow of Mount Everest in south-eastern Nepal around 100-thousand refugees from nearby Bhutan are still waiting for their fate to be deci...

Nepalese/Nat
In the shadow of Mount Everest in south-eastern Nepal around 100-thousand refugees from nearby Bhutan are still waiting for their fate to be decided five years after they were forced from their homes.
Critics of Bhutan claim the refugees are victims of cultural cleansing but the Bhutanese government asserts many of the refugees are not genuine Bhutanese citizens.
Despite their five years in limbo, the Bhutanese government shows no sign it will relent and take the refugees back.
Almost 90-thousand of them ended up here, in eight refugee camps in Nepal.
Virtually all are Nepali-speakers whose families had migrated to southern Bhutan over the last 150 years.
They are now strangers in their own land. They all say their home is where most of them were born -- in Bhutan.
Bhutan -- the so-called land of the Thunder Dragon -- has a population of only 600- thousand and the influx of so many Nepalis prompted fears of cultural dominance over the ethnic Bhutanese.
When a small democracy movement broke out among ethnic Nepalese in southern Bhutan in 1990 -- inspired largely by a popular victory over the monarchy in Nepal in the same year -- tens of thousands of Nepali-speakers were sent packing.
The Bhutanese government says they left willingly. But the refugees tell a different story.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
My grandfather was forcefully taken by Bhutanese police to the jail and then he was tortured for two days, randomly beating, and then he was forced to say that I'm going to leave Bhutan.
SUPERCAPTION: Dali Ram Kherel, Bhutanese Refugee
The U-N, which helps administers the camps, says that despite this treatment the overwhelming majority of refugees want to return.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Certainly what they want is to go back home. The likelihood for them to get back home at this stage is not there. And therefore it looks like they're going to be here at least for the next one or two years, if not beyond. Certainly, everyone would hope that they would get the chance to return home one of these days.
SUPER CAPTION: Arun Sala-Ngarm, Head of Sub-office, Jhapa state, UNHCR (United NationsHigh Commissioner for Refugees)
The question in dispute is simple: who from these tens of thousands are genuine citizens of Bhutan?
While Bhutan has tried to lower the number by changing its laws on citizenship, many here show documentation to prove their claim.
45-year-old Dalbahadur Karki's case would seem to be clear cut.
He carries a neat passport-like document bearing the seal of Bhutan's King Wangchuk dated 1982.
But the document didn't save him or his family from being forced out ten years after it was issued.
SOUNDBITE: (Nepali)
The government (in Bhutan) did not concede to our demands for democracy. By using their armed forces they have forced us outside the borders of Bhutan to a foreign land. I had to hide this identity card otherwise they would have taken it.
SUPER CAPTION: Dalbahadur Karki, Bhutanese refugee
The camps are well-run and the accommodation good by local standards.
But Nepalese law and camp rules strictly limit the activities of the refugees. Work outside the camps is prohibited.
Local Nepalese -- themselves mostly poor subsistence farmers -- have grown jealous of the free food, clothing and services provided to the refugees by the government and international agencies.
And they claim many refugees break the rules and compete in the local labour pool, driving low wages even lower.
Talks between Bhutan and the Nepalese government have so far come to nothing -- currently the two sides can't even agree over the date to be set for the next round of talks.
The Bhutan government declined to comment on the plight of the refugees.
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Nepalese/Nat
In the shadow of Mount Everest in south-eastern Nepal around 100-thousand refugees from nearby Bhutan are still waiting for their fate to be decided five years after they were forced from their homes.
Critics of Bhutan claim the refugees are victims of cultural cleansing but the Bhutanese government asserts many of the refugees are not genuine Bhutanese citizens.
Despite their five years in limbo, the Bhutanese government shows no sign it will relent and take the refugees back.
Almost 90-thousand of them ended up here, in eight refugee camps in Nepal.
Virtually all are Nepali-speakers whose families had migrated to southern Bhutan over the last 150 years.
They are now strangers in their own land. They all say their home is where most of them were born -- in Bhutan.
Bhutan -- the so-called land of the Thunder Dragon -- has a population of only 600- thousand and the influx of so many Nepalis prompted fears of cultural dominance over the ethnic Bhutanese.
When a small democracy movement broke out among ethnic Nepalese in southern Bhutan in 1990 -- inspired largely by a popular victory over the monarchy in Nepal in the same year -- tens of thousands of Nepali-speakers were sent packing.
The Bhutanese government says they left willingly. But the refugees tell a different story.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
My grandfather was forcefully taken by Bhutanese police to the jail and then he was tortured for two days, randomly beating, and then he was forced to say that I'm going to leave Bhutan.
SUPERCAPTION: Dali Ram Kherel, Bhutanese Refugee
The U-N, which helps administers the camps, says that despite this treatment the overwhelming majority of refugees want to return.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Certainly what they want is to go back home. The likelihood for them to get back home at this stage is not there. And therefore it looks like they're going to be here at least for the next one or two years, if not beyond. Certainly, everyone would hope that they would get the chance to return home one of these days.
SUPER CAPTION: Arun Sala-Ngarm, Head of Sub-office, Jhapa state, UNHCR (United NationsHigh Commissioner for Refugees)
The question in dispute is simple: who from these tens of thousands are genuine citizens of Bhutan?
While Bhutan has tried to lower the number by changing its laws on citizenship, many here show documentation to prove their claim.
45-year-old Dalbahadur Karki's case would seem to be clear cut.
He carries a neat passport-like document bearing the seal of Bhutan's King Wangchuk dated 1982.
But the document didn't save him or his family from being forced out ten years after it was issued.
SOUNDBITE: (Nepali)
The government (in Bhutan) did not concede to our demands for democracy. By using their armed forces they have forced us outside the borders of Bhutan to a foreign land. I had to hide this identity card otherwise they would have taken it.
SUPER CAPTION: Dalbahadur Karki, Bhutanese refugee
The camps are well-run and the accommodation good by local standards.
But Nepalese law and camp rules strictly limit the activities of the refugees. Work outside the camps is prohibited.
Local Nepalese -- themselves mostly poor subsistence farmers -- have grown jealous of the free food, clothing and services provided to the refugees by the government and international agencies.
And they claim many refugees break the rules and compete in the local labour pool, driving low wages even lower.
Talks between Bhutan and the Nepalese government have so far come to nothing -- currently the two sides can't even agree over the date to be set for the next round of talks.
The Bhutan government declined to comment on the plight of the refugees.
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Every Wednesday @ 9.30 pm
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Every Wednesday @ 9.30 pm
Tweet your comments/views during the show @dawabbs

List Of Countries Where Prostitution Is Legal | Red Light Areas Around The World

Here are some of the countries where prostitution is legal.
1. New ZealandProstitution has been legal for Kiwis since 2003. There are even licensed brothels operating under public health and employment laws, which means the workers get social benefits just like other emplyees. Definitely a progressive move.
2. Australia
The legal status of prostitution in Oz differs from state to state. It is decriminalised in some areas, and illegal in other parts. Same goes for for brothel ownership. The Aussies love their fun I suppose.
3. Austria
Prostitution is completely legal in Austria. Prostitutes are required to register, undergo periodic health examinations, be 19 years old or older, and pay taxes. Despite this, there is a lot of smuggling and forced prostitution here.
4. BangladeshMale prostitution is illegal, but everything else is legal. Bangladesh has a severe minor trafficking problem, which is perpetuated by corruption. Pimping and owning a brothel is also legal.
5. Belgium
They have been trying to remove the stigma, violence and fear associated with prostitution by not just legalising it but also running proper state of the art brothels with fingerprint technology and keycards!
6. Brazil
Prostitution in itself is legal here, though you'll totally get busted if you're channeling your inner Snoop Dogg and pimping away to glory.
7. Canada
Prostituting yourself is legal, but buying sex became illegal during the end of 2014. This deeply flawed system puts sex workers in a very dangerous and position.
8. Colombia
It is legal to work in the sex industry in Colombia, though pimping isn't. Prostitution is especially widespread in cities such as Cartagena and Barranquilla.
9. Denmark
Prostitution is legal here. The government even helps those with disabilities get laid by incurring the extra costs some of them have to pay.
10. EcuadorEverything related to sex work is legal here. You can sell your body, run a brothel or be a pimp with no legal ramifications. Forced prostitution is a bit of a problem here though.
11. France
Prostitution is legal in France, though soliciting in public is still outlawed. Pimping is illegal and brothels were outlawed in France in 1946, right after the War.
12. Germany
Prostitution was legalised here in 1927 and there are proper state run brothels. The workers are provided with health insurance, have to pay taxes and they even receive social benefits like pension.
13. Greece
Greece has also followed the German method of including prostitution as an actual job in society. The sex workers get equal rights and have to go for health checkups pretty often.
14. Indonesia
Considering prostitution itself is not even present in their law in any clear form, it's plain to say that the sex trade is legal. This also means that it is very dangerous for forced workers and minors.
15. Netherlands
One of the places most famous for it's red-window sex workers, prostitution is, obviously, legal here, just like a lot of other things. They've always had a slightly more open way of dealing with things deemed taboo elsewhere.
Where does India stand?
Prostitution itself is not illegal in our country, but soliciting and public prostitution are illegal. Owning a brothel is also against the law, but, as places like GB Road and Kamathipura prove, these laws are rarely enforced.
Source: scoopwhoop
Sound : bensound.com

Journalist Namgay Zam Leaving Country Signals Bhutan’s Brain Drain

Namgay Zam, the most well-known face on television in Bhutan, has left the country after an emotionally draining legal battle with an influential businessman, who had accused her of defamation due to her social media posting. She arrived in Kathmandu, Nepal, days after the litigant chose to withdraw the case just as the verdict was ready to be announced. “Given a chance, I’d have loved to stay in Bhutan,” she says.
Zam, formerly a news anchor with Bhutan Broadcasting Service, had earlier alleged she was a victim of a “witch-hunt” started by Bhutan’s Chief Justice Tshering Wangchuk after she re-posted on social media an online petition written by a young doctor against the judge’s father-in-law, the petitioner in the defamation suit.
International media reported on and saw the case as a test of Bhutan’s press freedom, but most of Zam’s journalist colleagues remained mum on the issue, apparently out of fear due to the association of the country’s highest judge in the suit. The case was withdrawn in January. “There’s an extremely high level of self-censorship,” Zam says.
The journalist says she is excited about her new stint as the Deputy Editor with OnwardNepal, a media start-up, but also “a little sad.” Like her, many other young Bhutanese professionals are leaving the country, many of them moving to Australia and willing to take up even menial jobs. Bhutan appears to be experiencing a brain drain.
The Diplomat visited Zam in Kathmandu to speak to her about her decision to leave Bhutan.
Read more at:
http://thediplomat.com

History Of Bhutan

Bhutan's early history is steeped in mythology and remains obscure. Some of the structures provide evidence that Bhutan existed as early as 2000 BC. According to a legend it was ruled or controlled by a Cooch-Behar king, Sangaldip, around the 7th century BC, but not much is known prior to the introduction of Tibetan Buddhism in the 9th century, when turmoil in Tibet forced many monks to flee to Bhutan. In the12th century, the Drukpa Kagyupa school was established and remains the dominant form of Buddhism in Bhutan today. The country's political history is intimately tied to its religious history and relations among the various monastic schools and monasteries. Bhutan is one of only a few countries which have been independent throughout their history, never conquered, occupied, or governed by an outside power ( notwithstanding occasional nominal tributary status ) . Although there has been speculation that it was under the Kamarupa Kingdom or the Tibetan Empire in the 7th to 9th centuries, firm evidence is lacking. From the time historical records are clear, Bhutan has continuously and successfully defended its sovereignty. The consolidation of Bhutan occurred in 1616 when Ngawanag Namgyal, a lama from western Tibet known as the Zhabdrung Rinpoche, defeated three Tibetan invasions, subjugated rival religious schools, codified the ''Tsa Yig'', an intricate and comprehensive system of law, and established himself as ruler over a system of ecclesiastical and civil administrators. After his death, infighting and civil war eroded the power of the Zhabdrung for the next 200 years. In 1885 Ugyen Wangchuck was able to consolidate power, and began cultivating closer ties with the British in India. In 1907, Ugyen Wangchuck was elected as the hereditary ruler of Bhutan, crowned on December 17, 1907, and installed as the head of state, the Druk Gyalpo ( Dragon King ) . In 1910, King Ugyen and the British signed the Treaty of Punakha which provided that British India would not interfere in the internal affairs of Bhutan if the country accepted external advice in its external relations. When Ugyen Wangchuck died in 1926, his son Jigme Wangchuck became ruler, and when India gained independence in 1947, the new Indian Government recognized Bhutan as an independent country. In 1949 India and Bhutan signed the Treaty of Peace and Friendship, which provided that India would not interfere in Bhutan's internal affairs, but would guide its foreign policy. Succeeded in 1952 by his son Jigme Dorji Wangchuck, Bhutan began to slowly emerge from its isolation and began a program of planned development. The National Assembly of Bhutan, the Royal Bhutanese Army, and the Royal Court of Justice were established, along with a new code of law. Bhutan became a member of the United Nations in 1971.
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BHUTAN: REFUGEES WAIT FOR THEIR FATE TO BE DECIDED

Nepalese/Nat
In the shadow of Mount Everest in south-eastern Nepal around 100-thousand refugees from nearby Bhutan are still waiting for their fate to be decided five years after they were forced from their homes.
Critics of Bhutan claim the refugees are victims of cultural cleansing but the Bhutanese government asserts many of the refugees are not genuine Bhutanese citizens.
Despite their five years in limbo, the Bhutanese government shows no sign it will relent and take the refugees back.
Almost 90-thousand of them ended up here, in eight refugee camps in Nepal.
Virtually all are Nepali-speakers whose families had migrated to southern Bhutan over the last 150 years.
They are now strangers in their own land. They all say their home is where most of them were born -- in Bhutan.
Bhutan -- the so-called land of the Thunder Dragon -- has a population of only 600- thousand and the influx of so many Nepalis prompted fears of cultural dominance over the ethnic Bhutanese.
When a small democracy movement broke out among ethnic Nepalese in southern Bhutan in 1990 -- inspired largely by a popular victory over the monarchy in Nepal in the same year -- tens of thousands of Nepali-speakers were sent packing.
The Bhutanese government says they left willingly. But the refugees tell a different story.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
My grandfather was forcefully taken by Bhutanese police to the jail and then he was tortured for two days, randomly beating, and then he was forced to say that I'm going to leave Bhutan.
SUPERCAPTION: Dali Ram Kherel, Bhutanese Refugee
The U-N, which helps administers the camps, says that despite this treatment the overwhelming majority of refugees want to return.
SOUNDBITE: (English)
Certainly what they want is to go back home. The likelihood for them to get back home at this stage is not there. And therefore it looks like they're going to be here at least for the next one or two years, if not beyond. Certainly, everyone would hope that they would get the chance to return home one of these days.
SUPER CAPTION: Arun Sala-Ngarm, Head of Sub-office, Jhapa state, UNHCR (United NationsHigh Commissioner for Refugees)
The question in dispute is simple: who from these tens of thousands are genuine citizens of Bhutan?
While Bhutan has tried to lower the number by changing its laws on citizenship, many here show documentation to prove their claim.
45-year-old Dalbahadur Karki's case would seem to be clear cut.
He carries a neat passport-like document bearing the seal of Bhutan's King Wangchuk dated 1982.
But the document didn't save him or his family from being forced out ten years after it was issued.
SOUNDBITE: (Nepali)
The government (in Bhutan) did not concede to our demands for democracy. By using their armed forces they have forced us outside the borders of Bhutan to a foreign land. I had to hide this identity card otherwise they would have taken it.
SUPER CAPTION: Dalbahadur Karki, Bhutanese refugee
The camps are well-run and the accommodation good by local standards.
But Nepalese law and camp rules strictly limit the activities of the refugees. Work outside the camps is prohibited.
Local Nepalese -- themselves mostly poor subsistence farmers -- have grown jealous of the free food, clothing and services provided to the refugees by the government and international agencies.
And they claim many refugees break the rules and compete in the local labour pool, driving low wages even lower.
Talks between Bhutan and the Nepalese government have so far come to nothing -- currently the two sides can't even agree over the date to be set for the next round of talks.
The Bhutan government declined to comment on the plight of the refugees.
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Bhutan existed as a patchwork of minor warring fiefs until the early 17th century. At that time the lama and military leader Ngawang Namgyal, the first Zhabdrung Rinpoche, who was fleeing religious persecution in Tibet, unified the area and cultivated a distinct Bhutanese identity. In the early 20th century, Bhutan came into contact with the British Empire and retained strong bilateral relations with India upon its independence. In 2006, based on a global survey, Business Week rated Bhutan the happiest country in Asia and the eighth-happiest in the world.

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Body In A Hole

Feel my breath on the back of your neck i confess that i'm stalking you..Take your head and digest the rest, get a hold of your brain and take a walk right through,I wanna see what's on your mind nevermind what i'm thinking to you, ain't gonna never like what i might do, stab your chest with a broken broom like..blood up all up on the walls on an empty room,chopping your body up your ran outta luck,you fucked 'cuz i'm ending soon so soon,I'm a killa so i gotta have the dead now,Looking for a spot but i don't know how,just sneak out to whether ain't nobody around, nobody gonna see, nobody gonna hear the soundlet me dig you straight down, just to not to keep your dome at the grave after that have to concentrate,cut the shit off and fine the next dayi say, you gonna die! be a little more deep 'til your sleep and no one gonna know then i took out your soul and lit the remains up in that ho[Chorus]then i put your body in a holesix feet deep under the groundi'll be walking here on earthhigher nowhere to be foundi put your body in a holeSo slow, everybody looking at me like i'm a criminali guess there's a rumour going around the globe,Otis is a serial killer with no control, yoI can't even go to the birthday partyPeople look at me like im straight retardedwont come close, most find it hard tadigging in the same room is a monstaima lunatic, assuming it was only sixteen when i put it in my freezer, just some star from the football team that didn't know me eithercreeper, creature, dead bodies fucking demonyou wrong if you think then it ain't yo season,i'm creepin wordand it ain't no friends, and it ain't no girls 'cuz i'm by myself and i got this hole in my backyardi've been digging it for a year,i can't cope with my own fear,voice i hear has all control so,i beat you in the head with a hammer and leave it stuck in your skull[Chorus]Then i put your body in a holesix feet deep under the groundi'll be walking here on earthhigher nowhere to be foundi put your body in a hole x2Ima lunatic, lunaticima lunatic, luna lunatic x4[Chorus]i put your body in a holesix feet deep under the groundi'll be walking here on earthhigher nowhere to be found